New Orleans History

Antique Heart Pine is a 300-year-old lumber used heavily in construction prior to the 1920s.

The illegitimate daughter of a freed slave and a wealthy plantation owner, Marie Laveau and her voodoo practice have kept …

Katherine Choy was one of the most celebrated innovators of the mid-century American craft world, thanks in large part to …

A two-block strip of land adjacent to the Old U.S. Mint was once New Orleans’ most notoriously sinful neighborhood – …

Audacy is proud to celebrate 100 years of WWL (WWL-AM/FM), New Orleans’ premier talk radio station for sports, weather and …

WYES, the premier public broadcasting station for southeast Louisiana and the Mississippi Gulf Coast, celebrates its 65th anniversary this month.

Born in New Orleans in 1925, Ella Brennan’s legacy for quality dining experiences and Southern hospitality shaped the standard for …

A founding member of New Orleans’ seminal funk band The Meters, George Porter, Jr. is widely recognized as one of …

A vital element of every New Orleans celebration (along with food and drink) is music, even when we celebrate death.

In 1960, New Orleans first-grader Leona Tate received holiday cards from across the country, offering words of encouragement, admiration and …

WWL-TV Mardi Gras expert and New Orleans Magazine editor Errol Laborde calls the creation of the Krewe of Muses 20 …

Inevitably, the promise of a new year leads to reflections of the past. For The Historic New Orleans Collection, 2019 …

The Historic New Orleans Collection was founded by Leila and Kemper Williams, whose elegantly renovated French Quarter home brimmed with high …

It is easy to name great athletes in New Orleans history, but while Louis Armstrong is among the city’s favorite …

Next Wednesday, Nov. 20, the nominees will be announced for the 62nd  annual Grammy Awards.

Before his role as Dr.

Inspired by The Historic New Orleans Collection’s upcoming symposium on wine, we set out to make a classic vino-infused recipe from Lafcadio …

City of New Orleans. (THNOC, gift of the City of New Orleans, 2019.0340)  A couple of issues ago, we brought you  …

If good things come in small packages, great things arrive in big, rusty, muddy pipes.

Calvin Dayes came to the United States in 1949 as a Jamaican-born stowaway with $38 in his pocket. But, a …

In 1928, Audubon Park in New Orleans opened a public pool so massive it was called the largest in the …

Does your teenager frequent libraries, binge-watch documentaries and constantly have their nose in a history book? If so, you have …

The Historic New Orleans Collection’s Portage Bike Roll returned this month as part of the exhibition “Art of the City: …

Second lines and brass bands are among our city’s musical staples, but did you know that a traditional jazz funeral …

If you grew up in Louisiana, chances are you knew someone named Sue Ellen, Sarah Jane or Mary Margaret. Double …

After the end of the Civil War, formerly enslaved people began seeking out family members separated by the slave trade.

The Crescent City and pecans have long been linked. The sweet, creamy, French confection known as a praline first gained …

The St. Charles Avenue streetcar line has operated in New Orleans since 1835, making it the oldest continuously operating streetcar …

Chances are if you live in New Orleans, you’ve spent time in Lakeview, an area named for its proximity to …

You can still visit America’s first monument to WWI soldiers here in New Orleans.